The Sound of Fury (film)

The Sound of Fury
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCy Endfield
Screenplay byJo Pagano
Based onThe Condemned
1947 novel
by Jo Pagano
Produced byRobert Stillman
StarringFrank Lovejoy
Kathleen Ryan
Richard Carlson
CinematographyGuy Roe
Edited byGeorge Amy
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Robert Stillman Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 12, 1950 (1950-12-12)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$410,000

The Sound of Fury (reissued as Try and Get Me!) is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Cy Endfield and starring Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson. The film is based on the 1947 novel The Condemned by Jo Pagano, who also wrote the screenplay.

The Pagano novel was based on events that occurred in 1933 when two men were arrested in San Jose, California for the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart. The suspects confessed and were subsequently lynched by a mob of locals. The 1936 film Fury, directed by Fritz Lang, was inspired by the same incident.